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HAPPENED.
SHELDON.
REPORTER: WELL IT IS A PAINFUL
ORDEAL FOR THE RESIDENTS LIVING
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWING
THAT TWO OFFICERS WERE SHOT, ONE
OFFICER KILLED.
IT WAS A BRUTAL ORDEAL EARLY IN
THE MORNING JUST AFTER 3:00 WHEN
THE OFFICERS SHOWED UP FOR A
DOMESTIC CALL.
AS SOON AS CANONSBURG POLICE
ARRIVED AT 120 WOOD CREST DRIVE
THEY WERE SWARMED BY GUNFIRE.
THE SHOTS ECHOED BRINGING
RESIDENTS OUT OF THEIR BEDS.
>> SIX LOUD SHOTS, SOUNDED LIKE
HIGH-POWERED RIFLE SHOTS,
PROBABLY ABOUT 3:15, 3:20.
AND GOT UP, HEADED DOWNSTAIRS,
WENT TO CALL THE 11.
>> IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING, NOT
KNOWING FOR THE LONGEST TIME
WHAT THE SITUATION WAS.
REPORTER: STATE POLICE SAY TWO
OFFICERS WERE SHOT, POLICE
OFFICER SCOTT BASHIOUM WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT CANONSBURG
HOSPITAL.
THE SECOND OFFICER INJURED IS
JAMES SAIEVA.
WHAT IS EVEN MORE CHILLING IS
THAT RESIDENTS COULD HEAR THE
OFFICERS TALKING WITH A
HEIGHTENED SENSE OF URGENCY
AFTER SCOTT BASHIOUM WAS SHOT.
>> ONE POLICE OFFICER YELLING TO
THE OTHER POLICE OFFICER, YOU
KNOW, ARE YOU OKAY?
YOU ARE Y OKAY, ARE YOU OKAY?
REPORTER: RESIDENTS SAW A THIRD
OFFICER RACE DOWN THE STREET IN
HIS PATROL CAR WITH THE REAR
DOORS OPEN TO PICK UP THE
OFFICERS HIT BY GUNFIRE.
>> I DID SEE HIM STOP, JUMP OUT
OF HIS CAR AND I COULD SEE HIM
PUTTING SOMETHING INTO THE CAR,
HE WENT FURTHER UP THE STREET,
TURNED AROUND, CAME BECOME AND
PICKED UP THE OFFICER THAT WAS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
REPORTER: STATE POLICE SAY TWO
OTHER PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN
ADDITION TO THE SLAIN OFFICER.
THE OTHER TWO ARE THE GUNMAN,
IDENTIFIED AS MICHAEL
CWIKLINSKI, AND HIS PREGNANT
WIFE, IDENTIFIED AS DALIA SABAE.
MICHAEL CWIKLINSKI APPARENTLY
SHOT POLICE AND CARRIED OUT A
MURDER-SUICIDE.
NOW THEY ARE ALSO TELLING US
THAT THE INJURED OFFICER JAMES
SAIEVA AT THIS HOUR IS IN STABLE
CONDITION AFTER SURGERY EARLIER
TODAY.
AND PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE
TELLING US THAT THEY ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING THIS CASE.
REPORTING LIVE FROM CANONSBURG,